SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS

Each test game spreadsheet looks as follows. The below example is the Test Game 1 spreadsheet. GAME 1: 15th Century Master - Francesco di Castellvi - Narcisco Vinyoles 1475 MEPHISTOMFR NAME VALENCIA, SPAIN VANCOUVER RISKYPROGRAM NAME FRANCESCO DI CASTELLVINARCISCO VINYOLES RICHARD LANGPROGRAMMER NAME 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 (START) 30 SECONDS AVERAGELEVEL SETTING rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2B5/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1BQK1NR b KQkq BIT - 12 MHZ - 16 KB ROM KB RAMHARDWARE DESCRIPTION WHITEBLACKWHITEBLACKWHITEBLACK MOVE PLAYEDPTMOVE PLAYEDPTMOVE PLAYEDPTMOVE PLAYEDPTMOVE PLAYEDPTMOVE PLAYEDPT START TEST4.... Nf611.40START TEST Nf Bg h Bxf Qxf e Qxb Nbd Nb Rc Nxa Nb Nxc Nxc d Nd Bb Nxb Qxb Nd d exd Be Bd Rd Qf Rxd Qg Bf Bxf Qxd Kf Qd CHECKMATE COMBINED RATING: 1508 COMBINED RATING: 0 0

SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS There are two tabs on each test sheet. The 1 st tab is the Computer Test tab. You will be using this tab to perform your tests. In the 2 nd tab you keep the results of all your tests. This allows you to compare different program moves and scores.

SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS Before you start a test, you can enter the computer information into these cells: Each Test also shows you the moves that you have to manually enter into your computer in order to get to the test start position. There is also a FEN that you can easily copy into Chessbase or Arena or into a Forum Post. MEPHISTOMFR NAME VANCOUVER RISKYPROGRAM NAME RICHARD LANGPROGRAMMER NAME 30 SECONDS AVERAGELEVEL SETTING BIT - 12 MHZ - 16 KB ROM KB RAM HARDWARE DESCRIPTION 1475 VALENCIA, SPAIN FRANCESCO DI CASTELLVI NARCISCO VINYOLES 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 (START) rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2B5/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1B QK1NR b KQkq Moves to get to Test Start Position Start Position FEN

SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS The computer information that you enter here: Will automatically fill in the same information in Column A of the other tab where you will keep all test results. MEPHISTO VANCOUVER RISKY RICHARD LANG 30 SECONDS AVERAGE BIT - 12 MHZ - 16 KB ROM KB RAM Column A auto-populates

SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS As soon as you have set up the start position, you are ready to perform the test. There is a dropdown list on every cell which lets you select the move that you or your computer has chosen. Once you have selected, it will populate the cell and score that move in the cell next to your move.

SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS When you have completed the test, you will receive finished rating for the test game. It is the combined rating that is used as the final rating score. GAME 1: 15th Century Master - Francesco di Castellvi - Narcisco Vinyoles 1475 MEPHISTOMFR NAME VALENCIA, SPAIN VANCOUVER RISKYPROGRAM NAME FRANCESCO DI CASTELLVINARCISCO VINYOLES RICHARD LANGPROGRAMMER NAME 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 (START) 30 SECONDS AVERAGELEVEL SETTING rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2B5/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1BQK1NR b KQkq BIT - 12 MHZ - 16 KB ROM KB RAMHARDWARE DESCRIPTION WHITEBLACKWHITEBLACKWHITEBLACK MOVE PLAYEDPTMOVE PLAYEDPTMOVE PLAYEDPTMOVE PLAYEDPTMOVE PLAYEDPTMOVE PLAYEDPT START TEST4.... Nf611.40START TEST4.... Nc67.80START TEST-- 5.Nf Bg Nf Nc h Bxf Bxf Bh Qxf e Qxf Nc Qxb Nbd Qxb Nbd Nb Rc Nb Bd Nxa Nb Nxa Rb Nxc Nxc Bb Nxc d Nd d Nd Bb Nxb Qc Ke Qxb Nd Qxb Nd d exd exd Be Bd Qxd c Rd Qf Qxd Rxd Qg c c Bf Bxf Qa Qe Qxd Kf Qxd Kf Qd CHECKMATE21.Qd CHECKMATE COMBINED RATING: 1508 COMBINED RATING: 2492 COMBINED RATING: 0 FINAL RATING

SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS In this example Mephisto Vancouver was rated. All the moves as well as the rating score was automatically transferred to COLUMN A of the 2 nd TAB of the spreadsheet. COMPUTER TEST RESULT MEPHISTOGAVON GAVON 2GAVONGAVON 2 VANCOUVER RISKYDON V PROTECTOR V. 1.8PROTECTOR V. 1.7 PROTECTOR V. 1.5 RICHARD LANGEHSAN RASHIDRAIMUND HEID 30 SECONDS AVERAGE LEVEL AT30 30 SECONDS BIT - 12 MHZ - 16 KB ROM KB RAM RASBERRY PI REV2 700MHZ 500MB RAM RASBERRY PI MODEL B QUAD ARM CORTEX-A7 900MHZ 1GB RAM RASBERRY PI REV2 700MHZ 500MB RAM RASBERRY PI MODEL B QUAD ARM CORTEX-A7 900MHZ 1GB RAM WHITE MOVES 5.Nf3 5.d45.Nf3 6.Bxf7+6.Ne5 7.Qxf3 8.Qxb7 9.Nb59.d49.Nb5 9.d4 10.Nxa7 10.d310.Qc610.Qa610.Qc6 11.Bb5+ 12.d d4 13.Qc6+

SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS As you can see the results White, Black and Total Score were all transferred to COLUMN A of the second TAB. I like to keep all the rated results in this TAB and have them sorted by far left column = highest score – far right column = lowest score. 21.Qd8+ WHITE SCORE: BLACK MOVES Nc Nf e Nc Nc e Nc Bh Bxf Bh Bxf Bh Nc Nbd Bd Rb Nxc Nd Be Ke Nd Nd Qd exd Bd exd Bc Bd c Bd c Qe Kf8 BLACK SCORE: TOTAL SCORE:

SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS Next you place Vancouver’s rating score (2492) into the list by inserting a column as shown below.

SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS You then highlight COLUMN A and with your right mouse click you COPY column A.

SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS Finally you paste (using 123 Icon = text only) Mephisto Vancouver into the empty column that you had just created. In this example Vancouver’s result sits in-between Fritz 2 and Genius 1.0

SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS You can now go back to your test and copy the unrated cells by highlighting the cells as seen below, and paste them over the rated cells that you just completed. Then save your spreadsheet so that you are ready for a new test.

SPACIOUS-MIND – RATE YOUR SKILL IN CHESS TESTS As a final step, before starting other test games, you open the 5 Test Rating List and enter your completed test information in ROW 2. In this example it was Mephisto Vancouver that scored ELO 2492 in Test Game 1 (G1) NEVER!! Enter anything in ROW COLUMN I as this has a formula that is used to combine the scores of all 5 Test Games for a Final Rating Score. Once you have completed all 5 tests you can insert the final scores into the chart below by inserting a new appropriate ROW in the Ranking Table.